A trawler sank in the Bristol Channel, off Hinkley Point, and the two-man crew were rescued by lifeboat services. 

Two men were rescued from their trawler boat after it began to take on water during its journey from Watchet to Portishead yesterday morning.

Two men rescued as boat sinks off Hinkley Point

The owner waded into the water to help rescue the animal and then both had to be picked up by a lifeboat

Dog rescued after falling more than 100 feet from a cliff

Amelia Luck may be Fowey's first ever female helm, but she thinks of herself as the same as all of her predecessors.

The RNLI is urging the public to only visit lifeguarded beaches this half term as huge swell is expected to hit parts of the South West. 

The RNLI wants every all-weather lifeboat station to have Shannon class water-propelled super boats like the Nora Stachura at St Ives.


Rescuers in Weston-super-Mare have saved more lives than any other station in 2015.